I think it speaks to both. The creator is immature for making a topic that is against forum decorum (and has been shown time and time again to cause a drama fest), and the responders are immature for not being able to civilly discuss the topic (though I honestly don't see what there is to discuss).

Either way, the point is that since we know the outcome of creating such a thread, and topics like these aren't by any means original, they are bad for PARD and shouldn't be made.

This post was edited by Nihlathak on Feb 6 2010 05:13pm

I'm fine with that, it's just that people should then be able to post encouraging 'words' that they find encouraging in threads entitled "Encouraging Word of the Day #X", like AiNedeSpelCzech did, regardless of whether or not it's Christian or not.

The solution of having everyone post their own seperate threads to express their own encouraging 'word' would be a magnification of the spam.

Also, Kamahls' proposition is a great one, a sticky for encouraging words is a great solution.

This post was edited by Handcuffs on Feb 6 2010 05:12pm

I agree with this.

The suggestions of censorship are quite disturbing .

What's next , a sticky for anti-social ramblings on PaRD ?

Well people that don't believe in God wouldn't see much to discuss. As a believer this is what I see:

When I read this Bible verse today it made me think of my anxiety. It helps me remember that God will give me the courage when I venture outside of my home when I'm convinced I will freak out and embarrass myself if I step outside my door to go anywhere but church. It gives me comfort to know I can look this up in my Bible anytime I need to be reminded. I draw strength from it!!!! It makes me feel better to read it.

I see something in it that you don't.

We're not wanting to censor them; we're only wanting to confine this encouragement to one thread so we don't have spam.



That's great, and I'm happy for you, but I still don't want to see multiple threads pertaining to the same type of thing. It will only cause more flaming and spamming.

This post was edited by Nihlathak on Feb 6 2010 05:19pm

The problem arises when one tries to reply to a sticky since they are closed to any discussion . That is censorship .

Not all stickies are closed; only the ones pertaining to rules. The sticky is a privledge; if you want, it could be an ordinary thread instead. It doesn't matter either way, as long as it's confined to a single thread.

This post was edited by Nihlathak on Feb 6 2010 05:22pm

You do realize that there are open stickies, right?

how wrong you are: http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=30807577&f=119